Aion

I know it's a huge game and well known outside the US but inside it's really just now starting to build up momentum and you would be surprised at the number of even mmorpg gamers who haven't heard of it

I am a huge Warhammer IP fan and let's just say as it stands now I won't be playing the WAR game without a monstrous change in direction including everything from more PvP to changes in rules - a Chaos Chicken just isn't my cup of tea - so major disappointment right there for me

AoC I am now leaning towards buying and playing to at least try it - really don't know enough about it yet but worth a shot -

This game though , I saw a post about it on the FOH forums and checked it out - holy cow how did this fly under the radar until now - and that's the reaction I see from lots of forums from WoW to general guild forums -

Few of my friends who are in the same disappointment stage of WAR and shifting over to trying AoC idea had never heard of it either - after seeing some videos and reading about the game they are instantly looking forward to it more than any other one

Just curious as to if anyone else has seen this same thing , never heard of Aion , shown a few videos and checked out the details of the game and suddenly thoughts of other games get pushed back -

Really looking forward to this one now myself

alot of people are just ignoring this game...they just see it as another asian mmorpg ( grid-fest) its really  lack of knowlege and a lack of people wanting to know....

iv known about this game for a while now...over a year or so...i found out about it by acident...i needed an angel picture for art and came across a picture from aion :)...im extremly excited over this game...i was like you...WAR was my top choice...but after 3 years of following it...i got board..and now its between this and AOC

Well, what i've noticed is that whoever does a bit of research into the game stops being critic, and a huge percentage of them starts looking foward to it, and that is because it's hella hard to find a flaw in the game design we know about and cause the videos (dang stage 6 :<) already look fine tuned and funny.

Im sure that whenever the new content (abyss) is released and whenever koreans start posting videos about the interaction there, and some baller flying combat, people will start seeing this as the brilliant game this can get to be.

Good to see I wasn't the only one with this situation and reaction -

Also Hous I'm picking up the third season of DN today (saw your avatar ) - the wife gets sick of my anime at times but really enjoying this one - in fact one of my favorites since Berserk - (I still rewatch it in its entirely often and never have found another series close to it yet )

Originally posted by toadkiller

Good to see I wasn't the only one with this situation and reaction -

 

Also Hous I'm picking up the third season of DN today (saw your avatar ) - the wife gets sick of my anime at times but really enjoying this one - in fact one of my favorites since Berserk - (I still rewatch it in its entirely often and never have found another series close to it yet )

 

 

lol lukily my gf likes anime :) em ya dn is a fantastic anime :) i loved the whole series and all 12 mangas :) and i loved both live action movies...i cant wate to see the 3rd movie ( movie is about L) it also had a great ending :) i didnt expect it :)

I've known about it for a while, but have mostly ignored it. Why? Glad you asked. (even if you didn't)

First, its made by NCSoft, and over the years, I've not cared for their game designs (specifically L1 & L2). Yes, I know, this game is nothing like those games.  I'll believe it when I see it, so I guess I'll have to wait for an open beta.

Second, Information is actually sort of hard to come by. I asked the other day for some good websites, and was given two.  I visited them both, and  while they might have lots of videos out there (I never watch videos btw) there's not a ton of information that I can find about the various abilities of each class. (heck, it was hard for me to find out what the classes were). Strangely enough, when I read through the class list, all I kept thinking was, gee, these seem like the same names as in L2.  (they're similar for sure)

I'm keeping my eye on the game, but not really anticipating it.

Classes, anime.... what else outside combat to do?

Nuff said.

Originally posted by toadkiller

 

I am a huge Warhammer IP fan and let's just say as it stands now I won't be playing the WAR game without a monstrous change in direction including everything from more PvP to changes in rules - a Chaos Chicken just isn't my cup of tea - so major disappointment right there for me

 

 

So basically you want to PvP but not that much and you want to be able to gank?  I'm missing some sense making logic here.  The only way to turn into a Chaos chicken is to venture into Lower Level Tiers PvE zones of the Enemy & try to attack them or the lower Tier'd RvR zones period (you can go to your own as long as its not the low level rvr areas).   The game from the beginning has been based on RvR and being upfront about its anti gank / griefing policies.  Not sure where your problem is unless your an old world PKer who got their jolies from killing the helpless.  

As for Aion I've just never been a fan of NCSofts MMOs.  The game sounds interesting in its design but its just an all together turn off with its visual art style to me (its pretty I just don't care for games that use that art style).   I guess my true opinion on if the game is going to suck or not will come down to better non fan related sources of information.   If I have to dig up the basics on a Fan Site then the game isn't ready for me to really base any hype or opinion on.

I'm taking a stabbing guess here since you can't reach an official site for it other than NC Soft's generic webpage and a teaser website that the game is probably really far from release. 

Originally posted by wolfmann

Classes, anime.... what else outside combat to do?